Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Latinate use, Severina is a feminine form of Severino. An origin associated with Severino is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Severina is a feminine form of Severino.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Severina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 0 boys · 104 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 652 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Severina’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Severina has a short form in Rina. Severina is a feminine form of Severino.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Severaequivalent
- Severineequivalent
- Severinomasculine form · Italian
- Severianaequivalent
- Sewerynaequivalent
- Sevrinaequivalent
- Saverinaequivalent
- Северинаequivalent
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People named Severina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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